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Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 152, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 3, 1888
Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 3, 1888
Creator:
Garrett, O. H. P.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carriage Top.
Patent for a new and improved carriage top. This design consists in "the combination, with a vehicle-seat, a series of top-supporting bows pivoted thereto, and a jointed brace having its lower end pivoted to the seat and its upper end to one of the bows, of a rigid operating-lever having its upper end pivoted to said jointed brace and its lower end adjustably connected with the seat, whereby the position of the lower end of said lever may be varied and the brace and top secured in any desired position" (lines 51-60).
Date:
July 3, 1888
Creator:
Goelet, Edward Buncombe
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Planter and Chopper
Patent for improvements in "combined cotton planters and choppers; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices" (line 9-12), includes detailed illustration.
Date:
July 3, 1888
Creator:
Lester, Isaac L. & Whittly, Josiah
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental-Operating Chair
Patent for improvements in the construction and design of dental operating chairs.
Date:
July 3, 1888
Creator:
Mayfield, William Dudley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door Check.
Patent for a new and improved door check. This design consists in "the combination, with a wheel provided with annular offsets and journaled in a movable bearing, the brake, and the spring, of the sheath provided with vertical grooves for the U-shaped bearing" (lines 54-58).
Date:
July 3, 1888
Creator:
Bachman, Joseph A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 203, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 3, 1888
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 3, 1888
Creator:
Burson, J. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 68, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 3, 1888
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 3, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. EIGHTH YEAR, No. 159, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 3, 1888
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 3, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 143, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 3, 1888
Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 3, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shearing and Punching Machine.
Patent for punches and shears combined to cut metal longitudinally.
Date:
July 3, 1888
Creator:
Echols, Christaphor Columbus
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Treasure Vault for Railway Cars.
Patent for a new and improved safe. This design consists in "a safety treasure-vault for express cars, &c., with the combination of the walls, floor, and roof of the vault constructed of bullet-proof steel plate riveted together at their corners, and the angle-irons to which the walls, floor, and roof are riveted, the bullet-proof steel-plate door, the parcel-delivery window, the combined desk-shelf and bullet-proof shutter, the said vault provided with a port-hole and the bullet-proof plug that stops the port-hole" (lines 21-31).
Date:
July 3, 1888
Creator:
Olsson, Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History